Procurve does have a centralized controller wireless solution based on their 5400 and 5300 chassis. I'd recomend the zl chassis base, for future N deployments. They won't release a N ap until the standard is ratified. Currently their management for multiple controllers is lacking. I'm waiting for Mobility Manger 2.0 to be released in January to see how this improves.
So for a large deployment of HP I'd look at Airwave to manage it. If you just want a captive portal and 802.1x HP is the fastest solution to setup. They don't have all of the features or Aruba, like the firewall or terminate vpn's, yet. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Feedback needed for WiFi manufacturers For years we have been a Cisco and Vivato WiFi shop. I am now being asked to evaluate other WiFi manufacturers. In the past I've looked at 3com, Lucent, and Symbol. However, that's been over 7 years ago at this point. So I'm wanting any feedback for other types of WiFi other Universities are currently utilizing, pros and cons, and even ones in the past you may have used. I started looking at Colubris, Xirrus, and Symbol as those are the ones specifically I was asked to look at. However, I'm just wanting to see what other options there may be, besides Cisco. -- Scott Smith Network Engineering Services Southern Illinois University Carbondale [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
